COUNTIES · EAST TEXAS · DISTRICT 05 · CODE 213
Henderson County
Henderson County has had no new drilling permits in the past 90 days; the most recent permit on record was issued July 8, 2026.
Urban Oil & Gas Group, LLC leads with 1 permit in the past 12 months, one of 3 operators active in the county.
2 operators filed a first Henderson County permit in the past year.
Median permitted depth over the past year is 8,625 ft (prior year: 9,338 ft); 0% of the past year's permits are horizontal.
The county has 42 active disposal and injection permits, with 1.98M barrels injected in the 12 months reported through June 2025.
1,255 drilling permits have been issued in Henderson County since 1977.
1,255 permits on file since 1977 · last issued Jul 8, 2026
Watch Henderson CountyAlso: every Henderson County well in the statewide list, searchable → · a year of permits on the map →
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- permits issued, 90d
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- vs prior 90d (1)
- 0
- operators filing
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- horizontal
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- avg permitted depth, ft
- 248
- operators, all time
WINDOWS ON THE RRC ISSUE DATE · COMPUTED OCT 29, 2026 · WHY ISSUE AND SEEN DATES DIFFER
Permits issued by month
LAST 35 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE
Last 12 months 15 · prior 12 22(-32%)
Top operators, last 12 months
By permits issued. Wells are the operator’s current inventory here from the RRC wellbore file.
| Operator | Permits | Wells |
|---|---|---|
| Urban Oil & Gas Group, LLC | 1 | 247 |
| Cameron Exploration, Inc. | 1 | 0 |
| Mud Creek Operating, LLC | 1 | 0 |
New entrants, last 12 months
Operators whose first permit in Henderson County came in the last year. 2 in total.
- Cameron Exploration, Inc.1 permitJul 8, 2026 · active elsewhere first
- Mud Creek Operating, LLC1 permitNov 24, 2025 · active elsewhere first
Formations in completed wells
RRC WELLBORE FILE · ≥10 WELLS
Tops reported on completion filings for wells in Henderson County. A well counts for every formation it reports, so this reads as the county's stratigraphic column. About tops →
Fewer than ten wells in Henderson County report the Nacatoch, so it is below this table's cutoff. Back to the formation →
| Formation | Wells | Permitted last 3 yrs | Median top, ft | P10–P90 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rodessa | 380 | 6 | 8,200 | 7,550–9,641 |
| Travis Peak | 355 | 2 | 8,656 | 7,797–9,228 |
| Pettit | 331 | 3 | 8,531 | 8,012–9,204 |
| Woodbine | 249 | 7 | 4,520 | 3,750–5,111 |
| James Lime | 181 | 4 | 9,830 | 8,201–10,145 |
| Massive Anhydrite (marker) | 141 | 3 | 8,565 | 7,471–9,285 |
| Paluxy | 129 | 6 | 6,914 | 4,962–7,556 |
| Austin Chalk | 114 | 1 | 4,070 | 3,271–4,622 |
| Cotton Valley | 114 | 2 | 10,305 | 9,051–10,702 |
| BMA | 86 | 1 | 7,702 | 7,030–8,551 |
| Glen Rose | 68 | 0 | 6,810 | 6,272–7,761 |
| Bossier | 67 | 2 | 11,551 | 10,915–11,938 |
| Buda | 45 | 0 | 5,160 | 4,719–5,916 |
| Pecan Gap | 37 | 1 | 2,616 | 2,254–3,198 |
| Taylor | 26 | 1 | 11,261 | 11,092–11,610 |
Beyond the permit record
RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes
Disposal and injection
- 42
- active UIC permits of 127
- 119K
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 1.98M
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Jun 2025
- reported through
Every active well, operator, and daily reporter in Henderson County →
Permitted volume is a ceiling, not throughput. How to read it →
TexNet catalog via USGS
Seismicity, last 2 years
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- M2+ events in the area
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- largest
Monthly counts, magnitudes, and every recent event in the area →
Events are not tagged with a county; this counts M2+ events inside the bounding box of the county’s located permits, padded 0.1°. About TexNet →
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 916771 | Jul 8, 2026 | Jul 8, 2026 | Cameron Exploration, Inc. | Malakoff South (Bacon Lime) Unit #26 | 7,600 | 21331125 |
| 913562 | Feb 20, 2026 | Feb 20, 2026 | Urban Oil & Gas Group, LLC | Ogu (Harvard, J.M. 7) #156 | 12,000 | 21330647 |
| 910592 | Nov 24, 2025 | Nov 24, 2025 | Mud Creek Operating, LLC | J. R. Coker #1 | 8,625 | 21331124 |
| 909720 | Oct 2, 2025 | Oct 2, 2025 | Urban Oil & Gas Group, LLC | Ogu (Mc & Suggett -19) #158 | 11,950 | 21330651 |
| 904925 | Jan 3, 2025 | Jan 3, 2025 | Atmos Pipeline - Texas | Tri-Cities Gas Storage Unit #41BHH | 7,650 | 21331123 |
| 903734 | Nov 4, 2024 | Nov 4, 2024 | Highmark Energy Operating, LLC | Ada J. Hightower #1 | 11,026 | 21330394 |
| 903564 | Oct 29, 2024 | Oct 29, 2024 | Atmos Pipeline - Texas | Tri-Cities Gas Storage Unit #35BHH | 7,650 | 21331122 |
| 900529 | Jun 19, 2024 | Jun 19, 2024 | Doughtie Operating Company, LLC | Forester #1 | 5,000 | 21331121 |
| 899809 | May 21, 2024 | May 21, 2024 | Highmark Energy Operating, LLC | Miller-Hurt NO.2 #3 | 10,140 | 21330755 |
| 898157 | Mar 14, 2024 | Mar 14, 2024 | Esco Oil Operating Company LLC | Choate #1 | 8,500 | 21331120 |
About this data
Drilling permits from the RRC OGA049M master and daily daf420 files, rebuilt nightly into per-county figures; windows are on the date issued. Disposal from UIC permits and H-10 reports at the last settled month; earthquakes from the TexNet catalog inside the county's located-permit footprint.
Developers: this page as JSON is GET /v1/data/counties/tx/henderson?days=90, documented in the API reference.